FY 2014

The FY 2014 appropriation for the PPOHA Program consists of two separate sources of funds totaling $19,527,000. Of this amount, $10,672,000 is mandatory and will be used to support a new grant competition. The PPOHA discretionary grant program will use the remaining $8,845,000 to support FY 2014 noncompeting continuations (NCCs). Funds appropriated under the two legislative authorities cannot be blended in the same year. Therefore, mandatory funds cannot be used to fund the difference between the amount requested and the amount for the discretionary NCC cohort.

FY 2013

The FY 2013 Non-Competing Continuation (NCC) funding for the Title V, Part B is $19,453,111 a reduction of $2,798,784 from FY 2012 to fund 43 awards. The PPOHA Program consists of two separate sources of funds appropriated by Congress totaling $19,453,111. The FY 2009 NCC cohort will be funded using mandatory funding in the amount of $10,913,500, and the FY 2010 NCC cohort will be funded using discretionary funding in the amount of $8,539,611, a 5.1 percent and 5.2 percent reduction, respectively, from the previous year.

Program staff will assist these institutions with adjusting their budgets to minimize the impact of the reduced award amounts.

FY 2011

The Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, P.L. 112-10, was passed by Congress on April 15, 2011. It provides funding for the Department of Education for the remainder of Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. The effects of P.L. 112-10 on the programs authorized by Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, are as follows:

Title V- Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA) Program (Part B)
The FY 2011 appropriation for the Title V, Part B, PPOHA Program is $20,836,290, a reduction of $1,163,710 from FY 2010. The Department plans to reduce each NCC award by approximately $55,871 from the requested amounts for FY 2011. The Department does not plan to make new awards in FY 2011.

Title V-Hispanic Serving Institutions Program (Part A)
The FY 2011 appropriation for the Title V, Part A, HSI Program is $104,394,792, a reduction of $13,034,208 from FY 2010. The Department anticipates no reduction in the amount of non-competing continuation (NCC) awards to be made in FY 2011. The Department also anticipates making new awards under this program in FY 2011.

FY 2010

Discretionary funding:
Number of new awards: 20
Average new award: $520,000
Total new award funding: $10,395,000